My cap gun is out of ammo

Factual Questions
1

Does anyone know where I can get paper caps like we used to use in our six shooters as children? I know that not all of us grew up in such politically incorrect times and some of my contemporaries probably had beatnik, ban-the-bomb parents that there was something wrong with children pointing guns at one another…

FWIW I think guns, aside from the brightly colored plastic squirt variety, are a bad idea for children’s toys. The reason I’m looking for caps is for an inexpensive source of percussion caps for real guns, antique replicas of civil war vintage revolvers. I just don’t want to have someone call the cops if I ask for them in Toys-R-Us.

2

Unless you live in some whacked out politically correct town where the local thought gestapo have banned them, you can still buy caps at Toys R Us, Wal-Mart, any department store with a children’s toy aisle.

They still sell those cheap little pot-metal pistols with plastic pearl handles too. Though, now they have a red plastic cap shoved onto the end of the barrel. Safety reasons, ya know.

3

Actually, I think Toys R Us as a chain has phased out all cap weapons.

But I do know that my local Wal-Mart still carries them.

4

Yep, Wal-Mart is the place to go. They have them in the “Miscellaneous Toys” aisle, with the Silly Putty and the jump ropes.

Also, I’ve seen them at big grocery stores like Kroger (in the cereal aisle, of course). Whether or not Toys R Us has them may depend on where you live.

5

Those paper caps are not the same as the percussion caps used on cap and ball replicas. Those use metal caps which are closer in power to modern primers; much stronger than the paper caps.

6

Starfish - I know they aren’t the same thing. Black powder shooters have been using them for years to make homemade percussion caps. One company makes a special punch and die set to make caps from aluminum soda can metal and paper caps. I just hadn’t been in a toy store in so long that I didn’t know if caps were still available. I’ll hold my judgement until I try to see if they are as consistent and reliable as commercial percussion caps. Commercial percussion caps are less complex than centerfire primers but typically twice as expensive, about 3¢ each.

Thanks for the feedback, I’ll try Wally World this evening, but rememer to avoid the wayward shopping carts and wannabe cops.